Workers on an oil rig often do 12-hour days for 14 days at a stretch.
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stretch — [stretʆ] verb 1. [transitive] FINANCE if something stretches an amount of money or a supply of something, it uses it up so you have hardly enough for your needs: • Our finances are stretched to the limit. 2. [intransitive, transitive] FINAN … Financial and business terms
stretch — [strech] vt. [ME strecchen < OE streccan, akin to Ger strecken < IE * sterg < base * (s)ter , to be stiff, rigid > STARE] 1. to hold out or reach out; extend [to stretch out a helping hand] 2. to cause (the body or limbs) to reach out … English World dictionary
stretch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 area of land or water ADJECTIVE ▪ great, huge, large, long, open, vast, wide ▪ A great stretch of ocean lay beneath them … Collocations dictionary
stretch — 01. Don t pull on my sweater, you re going to [stretch] it. 02. Our little boy doesn t normally lie, but he certainly [stretches] the truth at times. 03. I think I [stretched] a muscle in my leg playing road hockey yesterday. It really hurts. 04 … Grammatical examples in English
Days of Wine and Roses (1958 TV drama) — Piper Laurie in Days of Wine and Roses Days of Wine and Roses was an acclaimed 1958 teleplay by JP Miller which dramatized the problems of alcoholism. John Frankenheimer directed the cast headed by Cliff Robertson, Piper Laurie and Charles… … Wikipedia
20 hours/5 days/6 weeks, etc. at a stretch — ► if you do something for 20 hours, etc. at a stretch, you do it continuously for that period of time: »Workers on an oil rig often do 12 hour days for 14 days at a stretch. Main Entry: ↑stretch … Financial and business terms
20 hours at a stretch — 20 hours/5 days/6 weeks, etc. at a stretch ► if you do something for 20 hours, etc. at a stretch, you do it continuously for that period of time: »Workers on an oil rig often do 12 hour days for 14 days at a stretch. Main Entry: ↑stretch … Financial and business terms
6 weeks at a stretch — 20 hours/5 days/6 weeks, etc. at a stretch ► if you do something for 20 hours, etc. at a stretch, you do it continuously for that period of time: »Workers on an oil rig often do 12 hour days for 14 days at a stretch. Main Entry: ↑stretch … Financial and business terms
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Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin book) — infobox Book | name = Around the World in 80 Days title orig = translator = image caption = Hardcover first edition, 1989, BCA author = Michael Palin cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = [http://www.palinstravels.co … Wikipedia
